Chinese PhD students face an outsize amount of pressure, according to a survey by British scientific journal Nature. Photo: Shutterstock
Under pressure: China’s PhD programmes exert heavy toll on students, yet many push on
- PhD students in China face outsize challenges as they try to complete their degrees, according to a survey by British scientific journal Nature
- Only 55 per cent of Chinese respondents felt at least partially satisfied with their academic experience, compared to 72 per cent outside the country
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China Society
Chinese PhD students face an outsize amount of pressure, according to a survey by British scientific journal Nature. Photo: Shutterstock
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the world’s largest research organisation, employed about 60,000 researchers in more than 100 institutes last year. Photo: Xinhua
China narrows gap with US in scientific research activity amid trade war
- National think tank the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the world’s largest research organisation, has about 60,000 researchers
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China technology
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the world’s largest research organisation, employed about 60,000 researchers in more than 100 institutes last year. Photo: Xinhua